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Walleye Fishing In The Rain | Borden Lake | Fish'n Canada
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Nov 22, 2023
Pete Bowman heads to the Algoma region of Ontario to Chapleau Lodge on Borden Lake, where he's faced with some tough to deal with Walleye conditions. He bears down hard and finds a hidden piece of structure, and as well, throws in an obscure Walleye technique to pull off a successful trip. ► Subscribe http://bit.ly/youtube-fishncanada Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US -------------------------------- ► WEBSITE http://fishncanada.com ► FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ ► INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/fishncanada... ► TWITTER https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Peter Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years
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I'll find that shallow point and I'll find all the drops and hopefully I'll have a nice little walleye spot
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Maybe smallmouth too. I see this jig going up and down. All of a sudden it says, hey, let's..
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Wake up. There it is. That is cool! Music
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You expect all weather conditions. It doesn't stop me from coming out of fish
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Look at that fish. That is awesome. The Fish in Canada show brought to you in part five
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I'd like to look at today's Fishing Canada episode as learning how to fish a new lake
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Not just for you, the audience, for me as well. I'm at Shaplow Lodge on Borden Lake within the Arctic watershed in the Algoma region of Ontario
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This is Shaplow Lodge on Borden Lake. It's about a 12-mile long lake
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We've got depths up to 160 feet of water here with several different varieties of fish here
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We're the only lodge on this whole lake, so there's a very strong fishery. There's not a lot of pressure here
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There's walleye, pike, and smallmouth bass in the lake. I'm going to concentrate primarily on the walleye
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However, I have been known to stray away. I think that's human nature to an angler
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For my first shot at this new body of water, I'm going to try a suggested spot by Bob
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one of the longtime lodge clients. He says the area is full of depth changes
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none of which are charted on any bathymetric maps. Sounds interesting. And he said, yeah, there's a little hump out there
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that's not showing on the map. And he runs garment equipment too. So I will find the edges of this thing
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I'll turn on the quick draw feature of this thing. And now what'll end up being, it'll be a hump out in the middle of the lake
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that's not showing up. And that could be a prime structure. 19 feet of water right now
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Bob says it comes up to about five or six. I'll find that shallow point, and I'll find all the drops
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and hopefully I'll have a nice little walleye spot. Maybe smallmouth, too. So without, first off, a depth finder slash fish finder
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you'd never know to stop here. All of a sudden, you're running in 35, 40 feet of water
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and it comes up. It's like, whoa, what is that? And you slow down, and then you can run on the clear view
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There's 10, look at that, 9 feet of water, 7 feet of water. Here's the peak of it right here. I'm going to mark a waypoint just to mark that
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and now I can go from there. That's six feet of water. After a series of passes using the quick-draw feature
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which the folks at Garmin call mowing the grass, my units quickly revealed an unbelievable piece of structure
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that looks like it's handmade for walleye. In this series of screenshots
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you'll see how I brought tons of detail into a featureless chart. Screenshot one is the area with my waypoints
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and no bathymetric mapping. Screenshot two has the basic mapping of the area
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Screenshot 3 has my completed map of quick-draw contours. Lots of detail, but hard to read, right
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In Screenshot 4, I've added in some color to my contours in 5-foot increments
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These different colors give me a really good idea as to what the structure actually looks like
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As you can see in Screenshot 5, all but one of my waypoints, mostly marking fish that I saw with my traditional fish-finding screen
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were on the tip or deep end of that hump. That says a lot
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Starting with an undetailed slow dropping break, I quickly turned my newly mapped fishing area into an intricate hump with many nuances
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Look at all this different stuff here. It's crazy. You'd never know that without drawing those features out
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This is modern day technology that we as anglers can and should use on pretty much every outing
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Got one. What we got
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There, it's a walleye. Can I sling him in? Yeah. Just sling him in
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There you go. Quick draw. First, basically drop. I dropped an ice fishing jig down
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And what happened there was that I went back to my waypoint
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Fish move a lot, especially walleye. They move a ton, right? So now you're going back towards that waypoint where I marked the fish
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And in the process, I'm not seeing anything along the bottom, nothing along the bottom
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Right here where I locked on all of a sudden you seeing fish here now right So one of two things happened and either you came upon the pot of fish you saw or it a bigger group of fish And by using a lure like this ice fishing jig
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you actually draw fish into the area, either from out farther, they see it moving around
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or when they're stuck right to the bottom, they're glued right to the bottom where you can hardly read them
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It looks like almost like a rock on there. All of a sudden, they start rising up
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They get to see this jig going up and down. All of a sudden, they say, hey, let's..
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Wake up. That guy hit like a ton of bricks. It's pretty neat watching your electronics
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using them, especially vertical fishing. It's so much fun because all of a sudden
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it becomes a video game almost, right? You're sitting there and you're seeing nothing and all of a sudden, wait a minute
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there's some hooks that are moving up off the bottom. They appear of nowhere almost
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And it's so cool. And now when you hook up like I just did there, boy, I'll tell you, it can be deadly
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That just felt like a bump going on the way down too. and you don't have to go with the super expensive units
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All these Garmin, all the Garmin fish finder units do exactly what this does right here
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Show your fish, show your bottom, GPS, you know, if you have GPS combo, but just the fish finder alone
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all you need is a basic unit, and you can start watching the structure
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and better yet, watching the fish. Best part of smallmouth bass, no matter how big or small they are
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they're tough, tough as nails. That is cool! Of all the fishing lodges that Ange and I have traveled to
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Shaplow might just be the most unique. There's more than fishing here
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In the fall season we also offer a commercial diving training course here at Shaplow Lodge
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It's called Canadian Working Divers Institute. It's an internationally recognized course. We go through intensive training for underwater welding
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inspection, blasting, concrete forming, any of the jobs you might find in the commercial industry
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As we move through the course, we'll move out into deeper and deeper water
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we'll end up in 165 feet of water out here in Borden Lake. Here the guys will dive deep and they'll be licensed to run decompression chambers
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with all different styles of diving. It's a very intense course, but our guys come out trained and ready for industry
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Borden Lake is not just a walleye lake. It harbors a really nice population of smallmouth bass as well
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old bass as well. Oftentimes, during the midday lulls of walleye fishing, or muskie, or pike
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I'll switch gear for a change in pace. You can't tell. I don't think he's big, but he's not bad. Is anybody with him yet? There's another
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with him too. Of course the one with him is bigger and he's biting him, he bit at him
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Wow that was so cool. That second fish down there is a half pound bigger which is not
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that much of a fish but it was cool he bit right at this fish. Like I mean bit him
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I'm trying to get that big look at that, see the crayfish parts he just kicked out of some
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look down right there on my rod tip. There's the other fish he just grabbed it. That other
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fish just grabbed the crayfish part that is cool his buddy this guy spit out crayfish the lake is
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full of crayfish he spit one out and his buddy hanging around hanging around finally this is
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what they do they fight so hard that they puke it out and his buddy went and grabbed the claw
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it was awesome that little guy hung on and hung on and hung with him and then finally he puked out
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something and he got that was so cool he ate it free meal a little fighter a little scrapper
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best part of smallmouth bass no matter how big or small they are they're tough tough as nails
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he's trying to go back into the log where i caught him i got him right off those logs there
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Oh, look at the crayfish parts. Look at this. Look at this, all that stuff. Look at he's spitting
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them out like crazy. Look at that. Look at the mess of stuff he's got in the water there. How
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awesome is that? So he was just spitting out crayfish and then he still ate, you know, he still ate that
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little Ned Rig. A little crazy looking little thing. Not much. It's got it. You know, I use that color
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because it's a great all-around color, but especially with crayfish. Look at the belly in that guy
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That thing is full of crayfish. Imagine getting a four pounder. It'll be just loaded
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It'll be like a three pound body with a pound of crawfish meat in it
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It's definitely bad. Nice. Not bad at all. I saw him on the screen too. This is fun. This is video game fishing
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Easy! Wow, runner! You know what? With this light line, I'm going to net him
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That's why you bring a net along, just in case. You get one that just big enough to break your line Actually he not bad He not bad at all I surprised at that fish Chunky guy Chunky Little wee It called a Ned Rig It just a little do nothing Very ultra light rig
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On light six eight pound test line. A fat little fish. Nice. There's a little tree up the shoreline
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it comes out a little branch of a tree and I cast to it
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and the fish might have come off the tree or was out a little deeper beautiful
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I'll take that guy, that's fun, middle of the day stuff there you go little buddy nice
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with low evening light setting in, I have to return to my
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newly mapped walleye structure I created earlier in the day, I'm now familiar with it
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and I know there are walleye in the area I saw a school of these guys on the Garmin
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But they look, because they're not very deep, they look a lot bigger
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And I stopped right over top of them and I started pop, pop, pop, and I could feel the pop, pop
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And I bet you there's five or six of them down there that size. I just wanted to verify the size of them
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Now I can move on. I don't need any more of you guys
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Yeah, you just sit right over top of them with any kind of jig, vertical jig
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When you see them on your finder, you try and catch them
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Have some fun with it. Get some kids around. If you have kids in the boat, that's the perfect fish right there
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Teach them how to jig a little bit. Teach them how to stay on a fish, watch the fish finder, and do their little video games
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out here in the boat. There's one. I saw him on the screen too
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This is fun. This is video game fishing. Another walleye. Another perfect eater shore lunch walleye
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Look at that. That is another, that is a fine tasting specimen
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of Ontario walleye right there, folks. He's not a giant, but I'll tell you what
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you can have some fun with these guys. Look at that. Beautiful little fish
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There we go, little boy. Little boy, little girl. Nice. I saw one fish, and I got him
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What I'm doing is I'm looking at the fish finder screen, the traditional screen
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Sometimes I don't even have the clear view on there. And then when you see a hook or what looks like a fish or looks like a hook
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you turn the clear view on, and that tells you everything. What happens is if it's not a fish, it's a blob, it's a rock
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You can see the whole structure, even though it looks like a hook
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When it's a fish on that clear view, it's a little dot for separation
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It's such a difference. Time to put the sticks away, head back to the camp and grab a late supper
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I've still got one more day of great walleye fishing. Obviously you see a little rainstorm falling in here
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It doesn't stop me from coming up fishing. Look at the fish down there. Look at those hooks
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Whoa! To get to today's fishing on Borden Lake, I first drove north on Highway 400
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I continued north on 69 and then headed northwest on Highway 17 at Sudbury
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I next turned right on 129 and finally turned on to Devon and Allen Side Road, taking me directly to Shaplow Lodge
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This great facility is not only a fine fishing resort, but is home to one of Canada's top-rated commercial diving schools
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Come here to either learn, fish, or relax, or do it all on the same trip
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Yesterday's great walleye day ended in a gorgeous sunset. On this morning, though, the forecast is rain
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Luckily, I've got a great lay of the land from yesterday's electronic mapping session
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so now all I have to do is figure out the same fish in different conditions. There's one
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Jigging fish. Down a little deeper. Actually feels alright. Feels like a walleye. What do we got? Again on the ice fishing jig
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There he is. Nice walleye. Look at that. It's a decent walleye. No, I'm gonna net that guy
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I don't want to break my string. Let's see. Nice. You know what? He'll do. When the fishing is a
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little bit tough, weather conditions, this weather just moved in on us and just got a
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little bit crazy. Perfect walleye, perfect Northern Ontario walleye right there. We're looking for bigger but you're gonna keep a shore lunch, that gave you the one
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over probably and then you just keep some smaller than that. Get beautiful
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fillets off of him. Best meat in the world. See you partner
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Yeah. This is a point of reef. I mean rocks are the key in northern Ontario
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You don't find a whole lot of weed beds as compared to anything else. You know if
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there's any wood around there might be some wall animal. Rocks are the biggest
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thing Shoals rocks anything like that So he gonna find the best shoal you can Look for fish Look for hooks on your fish finders There a bunch of activity down there right there like that That probably small fish but or look for bait If you find bait or hooks of fish
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you've got it all right there. You know, you stick on it, you mark it with your GPS, and then just work it back and forth like this
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So I'll work this for a little bit longer. And if the weather allows me to stay out a bit longer
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I'll try and get a big one. Although I'm not a fan of getting soaked, I am a fan of fishing in the rain
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Let's be honest, the conditions are pretty much perfect. You have overcast cloudy skies cutting leg penetration
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raindrops on the surface creating a barrier or shield to help camouflage the angler
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and what may be the most significant, a change in weather. Weather changes are often a key factor in turning on fish feeding cycles
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On this day, all of those elements moved their way in and put me back in walleye mode
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It was perfect. Look at the fish down there
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Look at those hooks. Oh, this one's pulling. Obviously, you see a little rainstorm pulling in here
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I put the hood on, put the rain gear on, get myself all set up
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And you got to expect it. You're in Northern Ontario. You got to expect all the worst in the weather
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This fish feels all right. And it feels like a walleye. And what I'm doing, I'm just dragging a bottom bouncer
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And I got a slow death hook on. Ooh, I like that. A slow death hook on, but I'm not doing the slow death technique
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Slow death technique for walleye is just taking a half a worm, hooking it and letting it spin and spin and spin
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What I did was I got lazy and I took a full night crawler
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and I nose hooked him like I would lindy rigs or just bottom bouncing
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There's the bottom bouncer there. Oh, good walleye. Look at this guy
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Oh, yeah. This is a good walleye. Now he came out from under the deep
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That makes fishing in the rain worth it. I'll tell you, look at that fish
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I don't mind fishing in the rain. Usually you don't see a shooting in the rain too often because it's very hard to handle
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a camera in the rain. But look at that, just barely hooked
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So you took a full, there's that little slow death hook, weird shape to it
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It spins around and around like that with a little worm. It's a weird technique
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But I kind of just got my lazy slow death. Nice fish
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Good looking walleye. That is awesome. That makes the trip so worthwhile
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Look at that. What a good looking walleye. Nice and dark one
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You can tell when they come from the deeper. I think they're a little darker. Good looking fish
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Okay. You deserve to go home. I'm going to put him back. Her back
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It back. Because it bit on my crazy technique. my slower than slow death
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There you go, in the rain. Look at you got a little water on your lens there
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It doesn't stop me from coming out fishing, I'll tell you what. Sometimes it's just off the camera coming out, but it's typical in northern Ontario
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anywhere in the north, northern Canada, when you're coming to a lodge
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you expect all weather conditions. You got long johns, they got tubes, they got gloves
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Of course, they're all back at the camp right now. That was awesome
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Today's Garmin Hotspot is what I refer to as What About Bob
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because my Chappell Lodge next-door neighbor Bob put me on it. The uniqueness to this hotspot is that it's a gorgeous piece of structure
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that doesn't show up on any charts. By making a number of intersecting passes using Quick Draw
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I put together a perfect layout of the area. Essentially, this hotspot is a big extension of a land point
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that eventually plummets into deep water. perfect for walleye. I used ice fishing jigs as well as regular jigs with either a cast and lift
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retrieve or jigging them directly under the boat. For more hotspots like this one check out
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